The Smith Center opened Jan. 18, 1986, with a basketball game pitting the UNC men’s team against the Duke Blue Devils — Dean Smith on the UNC bench, Mike Krzyzewski on the other — as the ...

Dean Smith Center Replacement. This would require many of the same changes as a renovation, according to the report. Cost estimates and timelines aren’t featured in the 13-page report.

UNC-Chapel Hill could renovate or replace the Dean Smith Center, the iconic home of Tar Heel basketball for nearly 40 years, as part of a larger effort to update the university's building portfolio.

For nearly 40 years the Dean E. Smith Center, also known as "the Dean Dome" has been one of the most iconic arenas in all of basketball, let alone college basketball.

Just up the way, a statue of Dr. James Naismith, known as the “father of basketball,” sits on a bench with his basketball and peach baskets outside of the DeBruce Center, welcoming visitors to ...

It was the first game in the brand-new Dean E. Smith Center. The bright afternoon light poured in through the translucent roof. A crowd of 21,444 packed the arena.

Dean E. Smith Center history The Smith Center opened Jan. 18, 1986, with a basketball game pitting the UNC men’s team against the Duke Blue Devils — Dean Smith on the UNC bench, Mike ...

The 38-year-old Smith Center has 21,750 seats, which makes it the fourth-largest arena in college basketball behind Louisville’s KFC Yum! Center (22,090), Kentucky’s Rupp Arena (23,000) and ...